Match Report: Huddersfield 0-2 Leicester City

The terriers suffered a second home defeat within a week as they were torn apart by a very good Leicester City side. Grayson expressed in his pre-match comments that the Foxes are one of the best teams in the Championship and they proved to be just too much for Huddersfield Town to cope with. Town were dealt a huge blow before the game even kicked off as Grayson announced his starting eleven and his bench without the inclusion of James Vaughan.

Town Starting XI; Smithies, Dixon, Gerrard, Clarke, Hunt, Clayton, Southern, Norwood, Ward, Scannell, Novak

Town Bench; Bennett, Wallace, Robinson, Woods, Arfield, Spencer, Lee

Huddersfield started the game decently as Scannell cleverly took the ball past Lloyd Dyer with a deft piece of skill before having a defence splitting pass intercepted before it could reach Novak's on rushing run. Dixon was also looking good as he overlapped on the left wing to cross to the front post but it was well dealt with by Leicester City.

The Foxes soon after started to control the game and looked dangerous going forward as Anthony Knockaert crossed to force Clayton to clear his teams lines. Leicester were dominating all areas of the pitch as a windy John Smiths Stadium was making things difficult for both teams. Vardy & Nugent were up for the game and the latter could well of latched onto a huge goal kick by Kasper Schmeichel that caused havoc for the Town defence. Gerrard finally managed to clear the ball moments later but Leicester City were pushing forward as soon as they picked the clearance back up.

Knockaert was one of the liveliest players on the pitch and he deservedly opened the scoring for the visitors with a stunning strike from 35 yards out. Knockaert cut inside before unleashing a powerful strike which swerved wildly and smashed into the back of the net past Smithies as the Foxes took the lead. Town tried to emulate what they had done on Saturday by scoring an immediate equaliser but Ward's cross for Novak after the restart was agonisingly inches away from being converted by Novak at the back post.

Half Time: Huddersfield Town 0-1 Leicester City

The game carried on exactly as both teams had left it as the second half began. Leicester were controlling the midfield and seemed to want the ball more than their opposite numbers and the terriers should of been two down when Vardy failed to hit the target from just eight yards out. Grayson was urging his team to get themselves back into the game but things went from bad to worse when Knockaert managed to double his score tally & double the Foxes lead.

The goal was yet another spectacular finish and could well of been one of the best braces to be scored at the Town ground since it opened. Konchesky pushed forward down the left wing for the visitors before chipping in for the on rushing Leicester attackers. The cross looked like it was just behind Knockaert but he flicked a heel at the ball only to divert it past Smithies with a stunning piece of skill.

Simon Grayson looked un-impressed at the sidelines and immediately let his feelings known by making a triple substitution bringin on Arfield, Woods & Lee for Clayton, Norwood & Dixon. However, things didn't change on the pitch as Nugent left Peter Clarke on the floor before slicing his shot wide of the mark as Leicester pushed for a third goal to kill the game off. The terriers were slowly starting to get back into the game but still failed to test Schmeichel in the Foxes goal.

As the game ticked into the last ten minutes it looked well beyond Huddersfield to start a possible comeback and Leicester very nearly made it three goals in the 90th minute when Waghorn crossed to an unmarked Vardy who fired straight at Smithies fro just seven yards out.

The final whistle was blown and Leicester deservedly took all three points at The John Smiths Stadium in a game which the terriers never really looked like scoring in.

Full Time: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Leicester City

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